Recent Press Releases

Next month, the Wexner Center for the Arts will present the world premiere of the theater is a blank page, an immersive performance created by renowned visual artist Ann Hamilton and theater innovators SITI Company. The production, the first full collaboration between the artists, was created through a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award and is a signature moment of the Wexner Center’s 25th Anniversary Season.

Combining Ann Hamilton’s conceptual, visual art–based perspective on performance with SITI Company’s skills as theater-makers, the theater is a blank page, which will be performed April 23–26, 2015 at Mershon Auditorium, pushes the artists’ aesthetics into fresh experimental territory.

Scottish Folk-Pop Band Return 12 Years After Last Columbus Performance; Show Benefits Wex and CD102.5 for The Kids

Tue, Jan 13, 2015

Columbus, OH—Just announced: indie rock icons Belle and Sebastian will headline this year’s Next@Wex Fest, presented by PromoWest Productions in association with Wexner Center for the Arts and CD102.5 FM at the LC Outdoor Pavilion, 405 Neil Ave. in the Arena District, on Sunday, June 14. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, January 16, and can be purchased at Ticketmaster outlets or online at Ticketmaster.com. Next@Wex Fest tickets are $32 in advance for all audiences or $35 day of show.

Columbus, OH—National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu has announced that the Wexner Center for the Arts is one of 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Center is recommended for a $25,000 grant to support a series of residencies and commissions by choreographer/dancer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Belgium), filmmaker Liza Johnson (United States), as well as composer and vocal artist Samita Sinha (United States) in collaboration with video artist/sculptor Dani Leventhal (United States). In addition to residency activities, the artists will participate in discussions, master classes, staged readings, and film screenings.

Movies From All Seven Continents, Family Activities, Pajama Party, and More Highlight Annual Favorite

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

The Wex’s Zoom: Family Film Festival returns for its 11th year with a fantastic, family-friendly selection of films at incredibly affordable prices—and free, all-ages activities—December 4–7, 2014 (plus a bonus Stooge-a-thon “warm up” the day after Thanksgiving, November 28).